Stone Soup, or Sine Qua Non. Sine Qua Non = without which, not. An essential condition or action. Without this, you re going nowhere!

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1 Stone Soup Stone Soup, or Sine Qua Non Sine Qua Non = without which, not An essential condition or action Without this, you re going nowhere! Examples? Chemistry of a team or relationship Drive a car: key and gas Which model better describes a Christian church? Stone Soup, or Sine Qua Non Brown/English: Page 1091 White/Spanish: Page 1385 Red/Chinese: Page

2 Great Jewish Feasts You would travel to Jerusalem if you could Feast of Passover Jesus crucifixion and resurrection March/April 40 days later: ascension to heaven Wait until the Holy Spirit comes in power Feast of Weeks, also known as Pentecost 50 days after the Sabbath of Passover Feast of Tabernacles September/October Promises of the Holy Spirit Old Testament I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. Ezekiel 36:26-27 And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Joel 2:28 New Testament John answered them all, I baptize you with water. But one who is more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. Luke 3:16 Jesus said, Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit. Acts 1:4-5 2

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4 Response of people: Amazed and perplexed Yet some mocked: They re drunk! 4

5 Response of people: Amazed and perplexed Yet some mocked: They re drunk! Peter explains: Not drunkenness! It is the Holy Spirit as promised by the prophet Joel Response of people: Amazed and perplexed Yet some mocked: They re drunk! Peter explains: Not drunkenness! It is the Holy Spirit as promised by the prophet Joel Jesus miracles are God s signature on Him As God planned, you killed Him & He rose again 5

6 Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, ignored, forgotten, whom you crucified, belittled, judged, both Lord and Messiah. :36 disobeyed, hoped in other people or things God Savior Response of people: Amazed and perplexed Yet some mocked: They re drunk! Peter explains: Not drunkenness! It is the Holy Spirit as promised by the prophet Joel Jesus miracles are God s signature As God planned, you killed Him & He rose again People realize their terrible wrong in rejecting Jesus Repent & be baptized àreceive forgiveness & Spirit 6

7 At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life. Titus 3:3-7 Response of people: Amazed and perplexed Yet some mocked: They re drunk! Peter explains: Not drunkenness! It is the Holy Spirit as promised by the prophet Joel Jesus miracles are God s signature As God planned, you killed Him & He rose again People realize their terrible wrong in rejecting Jesus Repent & be baptized àreceive forgiveness & Spirit People respond and the church grows in unity 7

8 6/4/17 The Big Idea God the Father His plan and promise God the Son Jesus life, death, and resurrection and God the Holy Spirit His empowering presence in us are the absolutely necessary foundation and power of the church which is filled with people who have ignored, forgotten, belittled, judged, and disobeyed Jesus Christ and are welcomed freely by His grace through faith by the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit Stone Soup, or Sine Qua Non? without God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, we have nothing but uncleanness! 8

9 Implications Enter the church (God s family) through Jesus Christ alone Repent: change of mind, radical reorientation From: Hope in self or in others, or no hope at all To: Hope in Christ alone (for self and for the church) Be baptized in Jesus name (identity, authority, promise) Internal: The washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit External: Literally covering with water as a visible and communal sign of the internal reality Implications Enter the church (God s family) through Jesus Christ alone Live in the power of the Spirit: individually and together Hope: not in Self or someone else or a group of people A vision A technique or strategy or dialogue or Hope in God through Prayer Obedience to God Fellowship with Christ and Christ s people 9

10 Implications Enter the church (God s family) through Jesus Christ alone Live in the power of the Spirit: individually and together Rejoice in and proclaim this Good News For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus sake. 2 Corinthians 4:5 We who come with unclean hands and unclean hearts are washed by God once for all (justification) and through daily renewal (sanctification) to be God s people together by His power for His glory The Big Idea God the Father God the Son and God the Holy Spirit are the absolutely necessary foundation and power of the church which is filled with people who have ignored, forgotten, belittled, judged, and disobeyed Jesus Christ and are welcomed freely by His grace through faith by the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit 10